Name: Leuconostocaceae Schleifer 2010

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Leu.co.nos.toca’ce.ae. N.L. neut. n. Leuconostoc, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Leuconostocaceae, family of the genus Leuconostoc

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Leuconostoc van Tieghem 1878 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Schleifer K-H. Family V. Leuconostocaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 624.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 132. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:469-472.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Lactobacillaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Zheng J, Wittouck S, Salvetti E, Franz CMAP, Harris HMB, Mattarelli P, O'Toole PW, Pot B, Vandamme P, Walter J, et al. A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus: Description of 23 novel genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2782-2858.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Leoconostocaceae"; "Leucostocaceae".
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Mattarelli P, Felis GE, Holzapfel WH, Franz CMAP. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms. Minutes of closed and open meetings, 3 September 2018, Berlin, Germany. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1521-1523.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bonaparte C, Klein G. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms. Minutes of the meetings, 31 August 2011, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2546-2548.
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Endo and Okada (2008). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05175 (N = 1).
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 59; LMG: 45; CCUG: 44; JCM: 40; CIP: 23; ATCC: 23; NCIMB: 20; NBRC: 19; NRRL: 18; BCRC: 11.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Convivina Praet et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fructobacillus Endo and Okada 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leuconostoc van Tieghem 1878 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oenococcus Dicks et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Periweissella Bello et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Weissella Collins et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Lactobacillales Ludwig et al. 2010

Assigned by: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Order II. Lactobacillales ord. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 464.

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